FTC now has three Republicans and no Democrats instead of the typical 3-2 split

Senate puts third Republican on FTC while two Democrats sue Trump over firings.

The Federal Trade Commission now has three commissioners, and all of them are Republicans.

The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage. But President Trump fired FTC Democrats Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter last month, and the Senate yesterday confirmed Trump nominee Mark Meador to the agency's third Republican spot.

The Senate vote was 50–46 and went along party lines. "I respect Mr. Meador's qualifications and his prior experiences... But I cannot support the confirmation of any additional members to the FTC until Commissioner Slaughter and Commissioner Bedoya are reinstated," Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said yesterday. "President Trump's dismissal of Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya is not only illegal; it hurts consumers and small businesses by undermining the independence of the Agency that Congress established to protect consumers from fraud, scams, and monopoly power. An independent FTC is critical for protecting consumers and has done so in a bipartisan manner for over 110 years."

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Anzeige: Fortgeschrittenes Penetration Testing mit CPENT Certificate

Professionelles Penetration Testing erfordert mehr als Standardwissen. Ein fünftägiger Online-Workshop bereitet gezielt auf die CPENT-Zertifizierung vor, inklusive eigener Exploits und realitätsnaher Szenarien. (Golem Karrierewelt, Sicherheitslücke)

Professionelles Penetration Testing erfordert mehr als Standardwissen. Ein fünftägiger Online-Workshop bereitet gezielt auf die CPENT-Zertifizierung vor, inklusive eigener Exploits und realitätsnaher Szenarien. (Golem Karrierewelt, Sicherheitslücke)

Quantum hardware may be a good match for AI

New manuscript describes analyzing image data in a quantum processor.

Concerns about AI's energy use have a lot of people looking into ways to cut down on its power requirements. Many of these focus on hardware and software approaches that are pretty straightforward extensions of existing technologies. But a few technologies are much farther out there. One that's definitely in the latter category? Quantum computing.

In some ways, quantum hardware is a better match for some of the math that underlies AI than more traditional hardware. While the current quantum hardware is a bit too error-prone for the more elaborate AI models currently in use, researchers are starting to put the pieces in place to run AI models when the hardware is ready. This week, a couple of commercial interests are releasing a draft of a paper describing how to get classical image data into a quantum processor (actually, two different processors) and perform a basic AI image classification.

All of which gives us a great opportunity to discuss why quantum AI may be more than just hype.

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Experimental drug looks to be gastric bypass surgery in pill form

Daily drug creates temporary coating in small intestine.

The booming popularity of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs for weight loss has led to a flurry of companies vying to make new and improved anti-obesity medications.

One of those is Boston-based Syntis Bio, which is working on a daily pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual surgery required. Today, the company announced early data from animals and a small group of human volunteers showing that its approach is safe and may be able to suppress hunger. The company presented the findings Thursday at the European Congress on Obesity and Weight Management.

“We're at a stage with obesity treatment where it's important for us to figure out, how do we now tune it to be more effective?” says Rahul Dhanda, Syntis Bio’s CEO and cofounder.

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Radxa Dual 2.5G Router HAT adds two high-speed LAN ports to a Raspberry Pi 5 (or other single-board PCs)

The Radxa Dual 2.5G Router HAT is an add-on board for single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi 5, and several other single-board computers from Radxa (and theoretically other companies as well). As the name suggests, the key thing it brings is two …

The Radxa Dual 2.5G Router HAT is an add-on board for single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi 5, and several other single-board computers from Radxa (and theoretically other companies as well). As the name suggests, the key thing it brings is two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports, but the board also has an M.2 connector that you […]

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